As families collapse, Dobson tells Southern Baptists to stay in the fight
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Focus on the Family's James Dobson said the family is disintegrating, and Christians may soon lose the ability to win younger generations for Christ.
Covenant Marriage Resolution aims to raise standard for marriage
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Why a Covenant Marriage resolution? Because no matter how much Southern Baptists talk about marriage, the statistics show Baptists aren't taking it as seriously as 30 years ago.
Family life council, helping families in crisis
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--America's families are in trouble, and Southern Baptists are no exception, said Tom Elliff, chairman of the Southern Baptist Council on Family Life.
New voices call Baptists to greater evangelism
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--It's said that the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree, and the new voices at the 2001 Pastors' Conference proved the adage true as they followed familiar themes of bold evangelism, Bible-based preaching and bedrock inerrancy.
Don’t confuse ‘purpose driven’ with seeker sensitive, Warren counsels
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--In many minds, "purpose driven" and seeker sensitive are synonymous, but Rick Warren, founder of the Purpose Driven Church (PDC) strategy, says a church that is purpose driven may not necessarily target seekers.
Lessons from fishing apply to evangelism, Warren says
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--If you want to be a successful fisherman, you don't look for the most comfortable spot on the lake, said Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Instead, you go to where the fish are and you make it as easy and attractive as possible for the fish to swallow your hook.
Gary Smalley: ‘LUV’ talk is key to marital success
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--Learning to "LUV" is critical to the success of any marriage, Gary Smalley said during the annual "Preaching for Life Change" conference at Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, Calif.
‘Application-less preaching’ isn’t biblical, Warren says
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--If you intend to be a biblical preacher, your messages must always be life-oriented, not information-oriented, said Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, Calif.
Broadway-style musical maintains integrity of traditional Christmas
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (BP)–The Gospel and the Great White Way are no strangers. From Godspell to Les Miserables, Broadway musicals have often borrowed the church’s message of grace and redemption. At the same time, the Broadway musical is incredibly adept at glorifying the seamier side of life, so the church has been reluctant to borrow anything […]
Former U.S. manager of the Beatles: Redemption is book’s ongoing appeal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Many pastors in the mid-’60s were calling on their congregations to burn Beatle records. Today, new generations of pastors are using the British band as a way to introduce seekers to Christ, and one of the tools they’re using is a book called, “The Beatles, the Bible and Bodega Bay.” Written by Ken […]
